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Developing good academic practice
Education & Development

Developing good academic practice

...writing – a key graduate skill. This course will also help you avoid being accused of plagiarism, but that in itself is not the complete objective; we want you to develop good academic writing skills. We will explain what we mean by academic practice, and then unpick some of the ideas in more detail, such as writing in your own words, the difference between...
Level 2: Intermediate 5 hrs
What is Blockchain?
Digital & Computing

What is Blockchain?

...one vote’. In this way, a blockchain can act as a provenance protocol for sharing data across disparate semi-trusting organisations. An overview of OU research on blockchain can be found at this link. Click here to download the video transcript (PDF) This article is adapted from an OpenLearn Create course under a Creative Commons license. Visit the original course....
Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy
History & The Arts

Imagination: The missing mystery of philosophy

...creativity and the relationships between them, and considers the conceptions and varieties of imaginative experience. This OpenLearn course provides a sample of Level 3 study in Arts and Humanities...Imagination: the missing mystery of philosophy: Learning outcomes - After studying this course, you should be able to: discuss basic philosophical questions concerning the...
Exploring Ovid’s big ideas
History & The Arts

Exploring Ovid’s big ideas

...creatives of all kinds return to his stories year after year, and century after century, reshaping his myths for their modern audience? One answer is that Ovid’s poems ask big questions, especially in his most famous poem, The Metamorphoses. Ovid’s myths ask questions that even today many people are still unable to answer – like whether there is such a thing as...
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Extending and developing your thinking skills
Education & Development

Extending and developing your thinking skills

...writing make the most of the opportunities a higher education course provides for developing skills...Extending and developing your thinking skills: 1 Overview - This course provides an introduction to thinking skills and ways of extending and developing your thinking. But why do you need to do this? Take a few moments to reflect on your reasons for looking at this course...
What was Lewis Carroll like?
History & The Arts

What was Lewis Carroll like?

...write "reminiscences" of a friend who has gone from us all. It is not easy to make an effort and to remember all the little personalia of some one one has loved very much, and by whom one has been loved. And yet it is in a measure one's duty to tell the world something of the inner life of a famous man; and Lewis Carroll was so wonderful a personality, and so good a man,...
Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?
History & The Arts

Crowdsourced annotation: what do you think?

...writing and print production of theses was very different to ‘crowdsourcing’ and other online methods of sharing ideas in use today. In Book 1, Chapters 1 - 5, Herodotus introduces some background to his great work, mentioning the roots of the ‘quarrel’ in the myths of Troy. It’s interesting to note in Chapter 5 that he states: ‘These are the stories of the...
Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year
Languages

Year of the Rabbit: Chinese New Year

...creative Chinese New Year greetings. As many people in the world now speak both Chinese and English, the two languages are mingled to create what is known as ‘translanguaging’ , i.e. making use of one’s existing language(s) and knowledge to convey the meaning. On Chinese social media, the following has gone viral: Happy New Year 兔 you! The character in the middle o...